Cyclist and row of parked cars
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Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
LTEcactus said:
Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Post the video.The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Who had right of way? From the sound of it the cyclist, if the parked cars were on your side requiring you to cross the white line to pass them. In that circumstance, if the cyclist/learner driver/person with expensive car they don't wan't scraped/whomever feels that you should have waited, then probably you should have waited, however fabulous your ability to judge the width of your car and their vehicle, the risk of someone opening one of the doors in one of the the parked cars, the possibility of a pedestrian running out, the presence or absence of any large potholes in the opposite lane that might require avoiding action by the oncoming vehicle and so forth.
LTEcactus said:
Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
I expect you were in the right.The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Forget about the ‘pumped up’ little loser.
LTEcactus said:
Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Sounds like you failed to give way? What would you have done, if you were taking your driving test at the time?The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
deeen said:
LTEcactus said:
Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Sounds like you failed to give way? What would you have done if you were taking your driving test at the time? ETA: Rude gestures don't make things better, of courseThe cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
deeen said:
LTEcactus said:
Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Sounds like you failed to give way? What would you have done if you were taking your driving test at the time? ETA: Rude gestures don't make things better, of courseThe cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
There's also the potential factor of a car door being swung up and the driver instinctively swerving into the cyclist.
If you hit another car in such a situation, it's a ding. If you hit a cyclist, it easily could be a serious injury.
Solocle said:
deeen said:
LTEcactus said:
Yesterday I was driving past a row of parked cars, and saw a cyclist coming on the opposite direction.
The cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
Sounds like you failed to give way? What would you have done if you were taking your driving test at the time? ETA: Rude gestures don't make things better, of courseThe cars were tight to the kerb, I used my judgement and there was enough room for us both to pass.
However the cyclist proceeded to give rude gestures and implied I was in the wrong?
Who is right? What would anyone else have done?
There's also the potential factor of a car door being swung up and the driver instinctively swerving into the cyclist.
If you hit another car in such a situation, it's a ding. If you hit a cyclist, it easily could be a serious injury.
I'm not tech savvy enough to do so myself but I understand that there is now footage of Nathaniel Cleland committing criminal damage that he's posted himself, well done!
I have no problems with cyclists, sometimes when they stop at lights I ask them if they were ok with the room I gave them and they all thank me for asking and say it's fine. When I'm on my bike I usually get enough room around me, although I must admit I normally cycle on very quiet roads so no big deal there.
I have no problems with cyclists, sometimes when they stop at lights I ask them if they were ok with the room I gave them and they all thank me for asking and say it's fine. When I'm on my bike I usually get enough room around me, although I must admit I normally cycle on very quiet roads so no big deal there.
I am a cyclist, the video shows an odd and rare situation, as the cyclist did he just slowed down a bit moved over and cracked on, no harm done. It didn't warrant a video and if he did hit the car that's just stupid.
No one owns the road just share it, some road users are just little kids, why are we obsessed with right of way in this country I have no idea!?
No one owns the road just share it, some road users are just little kids, why are we obsessed with right of way in this country I have no idea!?
Second Best said:
I'm not tech savvy enough to do so myself but I understand that there is now footage of Nathaniel Cleland committing criminal damage that he's posted himself, well done!
I don't know the rider but I'm 90% sure those bangs that you think are him kicking the car are him clicking back into his pedals, the second one happens way after the car has gone and all through the video you can hear the vibrations of the road and bike going through the microphone.Solocle said:
Some think this is "enough room". Only physically enough to get past, if the vehicle is moving it's not enough space to be safe.
There's also the potential factor of a car door being swung up and the driver instinctively swerving into the cyclist.
If you hit another car in such a situation, it's a ding. If you hit a cyclist, it easily could be a serious injury.
So, did you kick or hit the car? I really hope not. There's also the potential factor of a car door being swung up and the driver instinctively swerving into the cyclist.
If you hit another car in such a situation, it's a ding. If you hit a cyclist, it easily could be a serious injury.
People make mistakes, make judgements and sometimes get it wrong. Remember when you're on a bike you're tiny and so not always easy to see, especially in the scene above.
Stuff like that happens when you're in a car too, I've on occasion had to stop or even reverse. s
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